There has been talk of the 510 yard par-5 13th being increased in length, partly down to Bubba Watson after he took it over the corner in 2014 and hit a pitching wedge into the green.

Augusta National bought land behind the 12th green and 13th tee off of neighbouring Augusta Country Club last year for a price rumoured to be around the $27m mark, and 2015 Masters champion Jordan Spieth wants the hole to be lengthened.

The 13th green seen from the corner of the dogleg. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)

“I would hope it would be lengthened.Personally,” he said on Tuesday in his pre-tournament press conference.

In a time where driving distance on Tour has come under huge scrutiny, it seems odd for a player who isn’t considered one of the longest to be so open for a classic golf course to be lengthened.

“That’s advantageous to me because I don’t fly it 310 yards up in the air with the right‑to‑left turn like Bubba does, Rory does, some of the guys can do.So that hole would be better for me if it were lengthened, I think.

“But the way it is, if you hit a great drive you have an opportunity to reach in two, and just like any other hole, when a guy hits it further than you, if you’re two clubs behind, you got to make up for that.”

“As a consequence, 13 is one of those holes we are studying. We have made no decision whatsoever. Plans are underway to be considered, and I said, that is one of the many holes that we now have under consideration.”

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